Production in test mode commenced in the new book production plan of JSC Preses nams

The new-built book production plant of JSC Ventspils nafta subsidiary JSC
Preses nams located in Jāņsili, Silakrogs at the Ropaži civil parish, Riga
district is launched and printing works are commenced in test mode. Only the
function of book sheet printing remains in the previous book production object
of JSC Preses nams in Riga, Balasta dambis, as all the remaining processes -
folding, collecting, sewing, cutting, and gluing - are already performed in the
new plant in Jāņsili. 

Along with launching the new book production plant, technological book
production park of JSC Preses nams is completely restored, thereby maintaining
company's leading positions in the area of high quality book production in the
Baltics and North Europe, as well as becoming one of 300 major book production
companies worldwide. The latest technologies and devices (sheet-fed printing
presses, rotary machines, folding, sewing and cutting devices, automatic
hardbound and soft-cover book production lines and other technology) produced
by such global leaders in engineering industry as Heidelberg, MAN Roland,
Müller Martini, Sigloch-Kolbus, Polar, Agfa, Fuji, etc. are used in production
process of JSC Preses nams. 

The new technologies and devices allow producing books in smaller minimum or
larger maximum book format and enables issuing very thin books - even from 2.5
to 3 millimetres. Two new types of book production are also offered: with
integral cover and hardbound books without sewing. Another new development in
book production is the option of gluing in three different book marks. 

Order works are delivered by use of internet, and the customer can examine them
in the same way - therefore the distance to the customer no longer matters. The
widest post-printing processing possibilities in folding, sewing, cutting,
creasing, die-cutting, crimping, foil stamping, UV varnishing, binding of
different types of books, and production of book casings ensures creation of
final production according to the wishes of the customer. 

The first orders that were experimentally implemented in the new book
production plant of JSC Preses nams were received from the Russian publisher
AST-Press, and these are so-called high-quality editions - two books by William
Shakespear. Their production process reflects an essential part of book
printing options of JSC Preses nams - golden foil press stamping, fragmentray
UV varnish and mat laminating was used in design of the books. 

The production area of the plant Jāņsili of JSC Preses nams, which is located
in three blocks, reaches 7000 square meters, and 13.5 million lats have been
invested into the plant. In case of necessity, the capacity of book printing at
the new plant can reach even double volumes in the nearest years: from the
current 250,000-350,000 books per month up to 500,000-700,000 books per month
after equipment is completely installed in the plant. 

The strategic development plans of JSC Preses nams include completing
construction of another new printing plant - the newspaper and journal
production plant in the territory of the industrial park of the airport Riga. 







JSC Ventspils nafta
Further information -
Gundega Vārpa, Public Relations and Advertising Manager
tel. 7229182, 29277656
e-mail: gundega.varpa@vnafta.lv